Siġġiewi F.C.

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Siġġiewi F.C. is a football club from the village of Siġġiewi in Malta. Founded in 1945, it currently plays in the Maltese National Amateur League. Their home kit colours are red and yellow.

Siġġiewi F.C.
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Full nameSiġġiewi Football Club
Nickname(s)Yellows
Founded1945; 78 years ago (1945)
GroundSiġġiewi Sports Complex, Siġġiewi
PresidentMario Caruana
CoachAlexander Delia
LeagueNational Amateur League
2021–22National Amateur League, Group A, 7th

HistoryEdit

The first football team in Siggiewi was formed in 1945 by a group of amateurs, who used to play casual football in a field at Ta' Kandja. Reggie Pace, Ninu Mallia and Freddie Curmi were the main promoters of the game. Mr Emilio Camilleri, who had settled in the village during the war period and was an influential person within the circles of the Malta Football Association, helped the team to be admitted in the 3rd division of the Maltese Football League.

Mr Karmenu Vassallo was nominated as first president of the club, and he retained the post for the next eight consecutive years. Mr Nicholas Pace was chosen as the first secretary. Thereafter, several other persons held these posts. Gozitan-born Mr Anthony Buttigieg, for instance, served as president for 23 years and in 1987 he was nominated honorary president for life. Mr Reggie Pace and the well-known sports personality Mr John Debattista, both occupied the post of secretary for many years.

In 1972, Siggiewi FC managed to obtain on lease the land at Hesri, where the present Siggiewi Ground now stands. The team continued to play in the 3rd Division for many years until, in 1970–71, they became Division III (Sec. A) Champions for the first time and were promoted to the 2nd Division. They won the 3rd Division Championship again in 1973–74 and once more in 1989–90. In the 1996–97 season, Siggiewi FC were promoted for the first time to the 1st Division and played in that division for 2 seasons, but reverted to the lower divisions after 1998–99.

Siġġiewi Sports ComplexEdit

As part of the MFA programme of assisting member clubs and affiliated associations to improve their facilities, the association's President Norman Darmanin Demajo inaugurated a synthetic pitch at Siġġiewi which will serve the locality's footballers, including the youths and youngsters in the nursery, in their development. The synthetic pitch was inaugurated during the 2010/2011 season.

Present for the ceremony were Siġġiewi F.C President and Committee, Robert Musumeci (former mayor of Siġġiewi) and Clyde Puli (former parliamentary secretary for youth and sport).

Youth sectorEdit

Siġġiewi is also the mother club of its nursery, the Siġġiewi Football Club Youth Nursery. The youth nursery, caters for children aged between 5 and 16 years, was established in 1992 and is affiliated with the Malta Youth Football Association. The youth nursery participates in the under-15 league organised by the Malta Youth FA.

PlayersEdit

As of 27 August 2021[1]

Senior squad 2021–2022Edit

Note: The same squad number may be used by more than one player. If that is the case, the last player who have used the number is assigned with it.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   MLT Darren Magri
MF   MLT Ryan Farrugia
MF   MLT Andre Farrugia
DF   MLT Edward Bugeja
MF   MLT Jacob Magri
GK   MLT Leon Seisun
MF   MLT Rene Duca
GK   MLT Leon Seisun
MF   MLT Dylan Attard
MF   MLT Dale Valletta
DF   MLT James Rizzo
DF   MLT Ian Darmanin
DF   MLT Alessio Ebejer
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   MLT Andre Farrugia
FW   MLT Jurgen Gerada
DF   MLT Johann Zarb
MF   MLT Joyfred Farrugia
FW   MLT Jason Camilleri
GK   MLT Gianluca Genovese
MF   MLT Nicholas Schembri
GK   MLT Ryan Micallef
DF   MLT Naeem Sheikh
FW   MLT Ryan Muscat
MF   MLT Owen Farrugia
LO   MLT Jean Carl Spiteri

Club officials and coaching staffEdit

Club officialsEdit

President Mario Caruana
Vice President Victor Camilleri
Secretary Robert Camilleri
Assistant Secretary David Scicluna
Assistant Secretary Andrea Costa
Treasurer Josef Saliba
Assistant Treasurer Simon Cauchi
Team Manager Eliott Navarro
Kit Manager Matthew Deguara
Facilities Manager Mario Caruana
Media officer Andrea Costa
Nursery Chairperson Isabelle Spiteri
Nursery Secretary Mirana Agius Silvio
Nursery Treasurer James Spiteri
Events Manager George Attard

Coaching staffEdit

Senior Team Coach Alexander Delia
Senior Team Assistant Coach Stephen Borg
Goalkeepers Team Coach Matthew Barbara
Under 21 Coach Stephen Borg

AchievementsEdit

Club statistics and recordsEdit

League and cup historyEdit

Season League Top Scorer Knockout/Cup Youths
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name Goals Div. Pos. Cup
2000–2001 3rd 12th 22 0 7 15 15 47 7   Donald Buhagiar 6 Quarter-final Section C 2nd Quarter-final
2001–2002 4th 11th 15 4 3 8 25 35 15   Roderick Farrugia 10 First round Section B 4th Preliminary
2002–2003 4th 14th 15 3 6 6 17 24 15   Roderick Farrugia 4 First round Section B 8th First round
2003–2004 4th 11th 15 3 4 18 15 24 13   Pierre Spiteri 4 First round Section B 10th Preliminary
2004–2005 4th 8th 16 6 5 5 26 21 23   Pierre Spiteri 6 First round Section C 6th Quarter-final
2005–2006 4th 7th 16 9 1 6 30 23 28   Josef Micallef 12 First round Section C 4th Second round
2006–2007 4th 10th 18 7 1 10 30 33 22   Pierre Spiteri 10 First round Section C 1st Second round
2007–2008 4th 7th 18 7 2 9 37 38 23   Eman Ciappara 13 First round Section B 7th First round
2008–2009 4th 4th 16 7 4 5 26 20 25   Pierre Spiteri 9 First round Section B 9th First round
2009–2010 4th 5th 18 8 2 8 33 37 26   Jason Camilleri 17 First round Section C 9th Second round
2010–2011 4th 1st^ 20 16 1 3 49 22 49   Jason Camilleri 23 First round Section D 2nd Second round
2011–2012 3rd 11th 26 7 6 13 31 51 27   Roderick Farrugia 10 Third round Section C 9th First round
2012–2013 3rd 8th 26 8 5 13 40 48 29   Roderick Farrugia 13 Second round Section D 12th First round
2013–2014 3rd 11th 26 8 4 14 36 56 28   Mougnini Tape 8 Third round Section E 1st Second round
2014–2015 3rd 7th 26 11 6 9 45 45 39   Mougnini Tape 9 Fourth round Section D 9th Preliminary round
2015–2016 3rd 6th 26 10 9 7 33 25 39   Jason Camilleri 7 Second sound Section E 1st Second round
2016–2017 3rd 6th 26 8 11 7 40 34 35   Samuel Vella
  Jason Camilleri
  Didier Sohna
8 Third round Section D 5th First round
2017–2018 3rd 5th 24 11 8 5 43 24 41   Ian Montanaro 9 Third round Section D 6th First round
2018–2019 3rd 13th 24 3 4 17 14 41 13   Marko Nikolic 6 Third round Section D 5th Second round
2019–2020 4th 2nd 9 7 1 1 16 8 20   Ronnie Celeste 6 Third round Section D 5th Second round

^ Siġġiewi, as winners of Section A, faced the winners of section B, Għargħur, in a play-off to determine the overall winners of the Third Division. Siġġiewi lost the match by three goals to two[2] and therefore ended as runners-up.

Player statistics – most appearancesEdit

# Name Position Years Total
1   Eman Ciappara MF 1997–2022 300
2   Jason Camilleri MF –2022 269
3   Kim Buhagiar MF –2020 224
4   Mark Camilleri FW –2018 215
5   Pierre Spiteri FW −2013 201

Updated as at 1 April 2018.[3]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "Squad – Siggiewi F.C. 2021/22". mfa.com.mt. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Gharghur Beat Siggiewi to win Third Division title". www.independent.com.mt. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Special occasion for 36-year-old club icon". www.takeaseat.org.mt. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.

LiteratureEdit

  • Carmel Vella, SIGGIEWI (Città Ferdinand)- A Profile of History, Social Life and Traditions.

External linksEdit